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## com.sas.metadata.remote
Interface MdObjectBase

All Superinterfaces:
  java.rmi.Remote

All Known Subinterfaces:
  AbstractExtension, AbstractJob, AbstractPrompt, AbstractProperty, AbstractTransformation, AccessControl, AccessControlEntry, AccessControlTemplate, Action, Aggregation, AnalyticColumn, AnalyticContext, AnalyticTable, ApplicationAction, ArchiveEntry, ArchiveFile, AssociationProperty, AttributeProperty, AuthenticationDomain, CalculatedMeasure, CalculatedMember, Change, Classifier, ClassifierMap, CMetadata, Column, ColumnRange, COMConnection, Condition, ConditionActionSet, ConditionalPrecedence, ConfiguredComponent, Connection, ContentLocation, ContentType, Cube, CustomAssociation, DatabaseCatalog, DatabaseSchema, DataSourceName, DataTable, DeployedComponent, DeployedDataPackage, Device, DeviceType, Dimension, Directory, Document, Email, Event, Extension, ExternalIdentity, ExternalTable, FavoritesContainer, Feature, FeatureMap, File, FitStatistic, ForeignKey, GlobalFormula, Group, GroupByClause, HavingClause, Hierarchy, HierarchyLevel, Identity, IdentityGroup, Index, InternalLogin, ITChannel, ITContentSubscriber, ITEventSubscriber, ITFilter, ITSubscriber, JFJob, Job, Join, JoinTable, Key, KeyAssociation, Keyword, Level, LocalizedResource, LocalizedType, Location, LogicalColumn, LogicalServer, Login, Machine, MdObjectBaseUtil, MdObjectBaseXML, Measure, Memory, MiningResult, NamedService, NamedSet, NumericExtension, OLAPProperty, OLAPSchema, OnClause, OpenClientConnection, OrderByClause, Permission, PermissionCondition, Person, Phone, PhysicalTable, PrimaryType, Prompt, PromptGroup, Property, PropertyGroup, PropertySet, PropertyType, Prototype, PrototypeProperty, PSColumnLayoutComponent, PSLayoutComponent, PSPortalPage, PSPortalProfile, PSPortlet, QueryClause, QueryTable, RelationalSchema, RelationalTable, Report, ResponsibleParty, Role, Root, RowSelector, SASCatalog, SASCatalogEntry, SASClientConnection, SASFileRef, SASLibrary, SASLicense, SASPassword, Search, SecondaryType, SecurityRule, SecurityRuleScheme, SecurityTypeContainmentRule, Select, ServerComponent, ServerContext, ServiceComponent, ServiceType, SharedDimension, SoftwareComponent, StepPrecedence, Stream, SXLEMap, SyncStep, TableCollection, Target, TCPIPConnection, Text, TextStore, Timestamp, Transformation, TransformationActivity, TransformationStep, Tree, TSNameObject, TSNamespace, TypeDefinition, UniqueKey, UnitofTime, Variable, WhereClause, WorkTable, XPath

    public interface MdObjectBase

extends java.rmi.Remote

Root class of all metadata classes. This class does not actually exist in the model. Root inherits from this class, thus inherits all its methods and attributes for all objects. Attributes: Name, Id, Created, Updated.
Associations: NONE

Field Summary
`static java.lang.String` | `ATTRIBUTE_DESC_NAME` Attribute: Desc , String representation of attribute "Desc".
`static java.lang.String` | `ATTRIBUTE_ID_NAME` Attribute: Id , String representation of attribute "Id".
`static java.lang.String` | `ATTRIBUTE_METADATACREATED_NAME` Attribute: Created , String representation of attribute "Created".
`static java.lang.String` | `ATTRIBUTE_METADATAUPDATED_NAME` Attribute: Updated , String representation of attribute "Updated".
`static java.lang.String` | `ATTRIBUTE_NAME_NAME` Attribute: Name , String representation of attribute "Name".

Method Summary
`void` | `addElementToChangeList(CMetadata object)` Adds the specified metadata object to this object's change list; only adds the object if it is not already in the list
`void` | `clearChangeList()` Remove all elements from the change list, and set it to empty
`java.util.Vector<CMetadata>` | `getChangeList()` Return the current change list
`java.lang.String` | `getCMetadataType()` Return the type of this object
`java.lang.String` | `getDesc()` Returns the description attribute
`int` | `getDescMaxLength()` Returns the maximum length of an object's description
`int` | `getDescState()` Returns the state of the description attribute
`java.lang.String` | `getFQID()` Return the unique ID for this object
`java.lang.String` | `getId()` Gets the Id of the object.
`int` | `getIdState()` gets the state of the ID of the object.
`java.lang.String` | `getMetadataCreated()` Return the MetadataCreated attribute
`int` | `getMetadataCreatedState()` Get the state of MetadataCreated
`java.lang.String` | `getMetadataUpdated()` Return the MetadataUpdated attribute
`int` | `getMetadataUpdatedState()` Get the state of metadataUpdated
`java.lang.String` | `getName()` Return the name of this object
`int` | `getNameMaxLength()` Returns the maximum length of an object's name
`int` | `getNameState()` Returns the state of the name attribute
`MdStore` | `getObjectStore()` Gets the object Store associated with this object.
`java.util.Vector<java.lang.String>` | `getPredAssociations()` Returns list of the pred associations for this object
`java.lang.String` | `getRepositoryID()` Return the repository ID (the top part of the unique ID) for this object.
`java.util.Vector<java.lang.String>` | `getRequiredAssociations()` Return those associates that are required by this object
`int` | `getState()` Return the current state of this object.
`void` | `initializePredObjects()` Used to initialize the objects pred array
`boolean` | `isAssociationRequired(java.lang.String associationName)` Returns information about the specified association in this object
`boolean` | `isNewObject()` Tells whether or not this has a temporary ID.
`boolean` | `isPredAssociation(java.lang.String associationName)` Returns information about the specified association in this object
`void` | `removeElementFromChangeList(CMetadata object)` Remove the specified element from the change list
`void` | `resetObject()` Resets all the states of the attributes and associations to .server.
`void` | `resetState(int iValue)` Turn off the specified state variable in the object state
`void` | `resetStates()` Resets all the attributes and association list states.
`void` | `setCMetadataType(java.lang.String type)` Set the type of this object.
`void` | `setDesc(java.lang.String desc)` Set the Description attribute of this object and set its state to MetadataState.LOCAL
`void` | `setDesc(java.lang.String desc, int state)` Set the Description attribute of this object and set the state of the description attribute
`void` | `setDescState(int state)` Sets the state of the Description variable
`void` | `setFQID(java.lang.String FQID)` Set the ID for this object
`void` | `setFQID(java.lang.String FQID, int state)` Set the ID for this object
`void` | `setId(java.lang.String Id)` Set the ID for this object
`void` | `setId(java.lang.String Id, int state)` Set the ID for this object
`void` | `setIdState(int state)` Set the ID state for this object
`void` | `setMetadataCreated(java.lang.String date)` Set the MetadataCreated attribute
`void` | `setMetadataCreated(java.lang.String date, int state)` Set the MetadataCreated attribute of this object, and set the state of the MetadataCreaated attribute
`void` | `setMetadataCreatedState(int state)` Set the state of the MetadataCreated attribute
`void` | `setMetadataUpdated(java.lang.String date)` Set the MetadataUpdated attribute
`void` | `setMetadataUpdated(java.lang.String date, int state)` Set the MetadataUpdated attribute of this object, and set the state of the MetadataUpdatted attribute
`void` | `setMetadataUpdatedState(int state)` Set the state of the MetadataUpdated attribute
`void` | `setName(java.lang.String strName)` Set the name of this metadata object and its state to MetadataState.LOCAL.
`void` | `setName(java.lang.String strName, int state)` Set the name of this metadata object, and set the state of the name to indicate that the name has been set
`void` | `setNameState(int state)` Set the state of the name to indicate that the name has been set
`void` | `setObjectStore(MdStore OwningStore)` The store that holds this object.
`void` | `setState(int iValue)` OR in the specified value with the objectState

Field Detail

### ATTRIBUTE_NAME_NAME

    static final java.lang.String ATTRIBUTE_NAME_NAME

  Attribute: Name , String representation of attribute "Name".

  See Also:
    Constant Field Values

### ATTRIBUTE_DESC_NAME

    static final java.lang.String ATTRIBUTE_DESC_NAME

  Attribute: Desc , String representation of attribute "Desc".

  See Also:
    Constant Field Values

### ATTRIBUTE_ID_NAME

    static final java.lang.String ATTRIBUTE_ID_NAME

  Attribute: Id , String representation of attribute "Id".

  See Also:
    Constant Field Values

### ATTRIBUTE_METADATACREATED_NAME

    static final java.lang.String ATTRIBUTE_METADATACREATED_NAME

  Attribute: Created , String representation of attribute "Created".

  See Also:
    Constant Field Values

### ATTRIBUTE_METADATAUPDATED_NAME

    static final java.lang.String ATTRIBUTE_METADATAUPDATED_NAME

  Attribute: Updated , String representation of attribute "Updated".

  See Also:
    Constant Field Values

Method Detail

### setName

    void setName(java.lang.String strName)
                 throws java.rmi.RemoteException

  Set the name of this metadata object and its state to MetadataState.LOCAL.

  Parameters:
    `strName` - string containing the name to use
  Throws:
    `java.rmi.RemoteException` - if connection to object is lost.

### setName

    void setName(java.lang.String strName,
                 int state)
                 throws java.rmi.RemoteException

  Set the name of this metadata object, and set the state of the name to indicate that the name has been set

  Parameters:
    `strName` - name to use
    `state` - int variable that indicates current state of this attribute
  Throws:
    `java.rmi.RemoteException` - if connection to object is lost.

### setNameState

    void setNameState(int state)
                      throws java.rmi.RemoteException

  Set the state of the name to indicate that the name has been set

  Parameters:
    `state` - int variable that indicates current state of this attribute
  Throws:
    `java.rmi.RemoteException` - if connection to object is lost.

### setMetadataCreated

    void setMetadataCreated(java.lang.String date)
                            throws java.rmi.RemoteException

  Set the MetadataCreated attribute

  Parameters:
    `date` - String indicating the date to set
  Throws:
    `java.rmi.RemoteException` - if connection to object is lost.

### getMetadataCreatedState

    int getMetadataCreatedState()
                                throws java.rmi.RemoteException

  Get the state of MetadataCreated

  Returns:
    state of the created attribute
  Throws:
    `java.rmi.RemoteException` - if connection to object is lost.

### setMetadataCreated

    void setMetadataCreated(java.lang.String date,
                            int state)
                            throws java.rmi.RemoteException

  Set the MetadataCreated attribute of this object, and set the state of the MetadataCreaated attribute

  Parameters:
    `date` - String indicating the date to set
    `state` - int variable that indicates current state of this attribute
  Throws:
    `java.rmi.RemoteException` - if connection to object is lost.

### setMetadataCreatedState

    void setMetadataCreatedState(int state)
                                 throws java.rmi.RemoteException

  Set the state of the MetadataCreated attribute

  Parameters:
    `state` - int variable that indicates current state of this attribute
  Throws:
    `java.rmi.RemoteException` - if connection to object is lost.
  See Also:
    `MetadataState`

### getMetadataUpdatedState

    int getMetadataUpdatedState()
                                throws java.rmi.RemoteException

  Get the state of metadataUpdated

  Returns:
    state of the updated attribute
  Throws:
    `java.rmi.RemoteException` - if connection to object is lost.

### setMetadataUpdated

    void setMetadataUpdated(java.lang.String date)
                            throws java.rmi.RemoteException

  Set the MetadataUpdated attribute

  Parameters:
    `date` - String indicating the date to set
  Throws:
    `java.rmi.RemoteException` - if connection to object is lost.

### setMetadataUpdated

    void setMetadataUpdated(java.lang.String date,
                            int state)
                            throws java.rmi.RemoteException

  Set the MetadataUpdated attribute of this object, and set the state of the MetadataUpdatted attribute

  Parameters:
    `date` - String indicating the date to set
    `state` - int variable that indicates current state of this attribute
  Throws:
    `java.rmi.RemoteException` - if connection to object is lost.

### setMetadataUpdatedState

    void setMetadataUpdatedState(int state)
                                 throws java.rmi.RemoteException

  Set the state of the MetadataUpdated attribute

  Parameters:
    `state` - int variable that indicates current state of this attribute
  Throws:
    `java.rmi.RemoteException` - if connection to object is lost.
  See Also:
    `MetadataState`

### getMetadataCreated

    java.lang.String getMetadataCreated()
                                        throws java.rmi.RemoteException

  Return the MetadataCreated attribute

  Returns:
    the metadadataCreated attribute. This attribute is inherited by all objects and is set by the metadata server. It indicates when a particular object was created.
  Throws:
    `java.rmi.RemoteException` - if connection to object is lost.

### getMetadataUpdated

    java.lang.String getMetadataUpdated()
                                        throws java.rmi.RemoteException

  Return the MetadataUpdated attribute

  Returns:
    the metadadataUpdated attribute. This attribute is inherited by all objects and is set by the metadata server. It indicates when a particular object was last updated.
  Throws:
    `java.rmi.RemoteException` - if connection to object is lost.

### getName

    java.lang.String getName()
                             throws java.rmi.RemoteException

  Return the name of this object

  Throws:
    `java.rmi.RemoteException` - if connection to object is lost.

### getNameMaxLength

    int getNameMaxLength()
                         throws java.rmi.RemoteException

  Returns the maximum length of an object's name

  Returns:
    max length of a name
  Throws:
    `java.rmi.RemoteException`

### setDesc

    void setDesc(java.lang.String desc)
                 throws java.rmi.RemoteException

  Set the Description attribute of this object and set its state to MetadataState.LOCAL

  Parameters:
    `desc` - Description to set
  Throws:
    `java.rmi.RemoteException` - if connection to object is lost.

### setDesc

    void setDesc(java.lang.String desc,
                 int state)
                 throws java.rmi.RemoteException

  Set the Description attribute of this object and set the state of the description attribute

  Parameters:
    `desc` - Description to set
    `state` - int variable that indicates current state of this attribute
  Throws:
    `java.rmi.RemoteException` - if connection to object is lost.
  See Also:
    `MetadataState`

### setDescState

    void setDescState(int state)
                      throws java.rmi.RemoteException

  Sets the state of the Description variable

  Parameters:
    `state` - int
  Throws:
    `java.rmi.RemoteException` - if connection to object is lost.

### getDesc

    java.lang.String getDesc()
                             throws java.rmi.RemoteException

  Returns the description attribute

  Returns:
    Description string
  Throws:
    `java.rmi.RemoteException` - if connection to object is lost.

### getDescMaxLength

    int getDescMaxLength()
                         throws java.rmi.RemoteException

  Returns the maximum length of an object's description

  Returns:
    max length of a description
  Throws:
    `java.rmi.RemoteException`

### getDescState

    int getDescState()
                     throws java.rmi.RemoteException

  Returns the state of the description attribute

  Returns:
    int state of desc attribute
  Throws:
    `java.rmi.RemoteException` - if connection to object is lost.

### getNameState

    int getNameState()
                     throws java.rmi.RemoteException

  Returns the state of the name attribute

  Returns:
    int the state of the name attribute
  Throws:
    `java.rmi.RemoteException` - if connection to object is lost.

### getRepositoryID

    java.lang.String getRepositoryID()
                                     throws java.rmi.RemoteException

  Return the repository ID (the top part of the unique ID) for this object. Object ID's are XXXXXXXX.YYYYYYYY where XXXXXXXX is the repository ID for this object, and YYYYYYYY is the unique ID for this object in this repository

  Returns:
    A string indicating the repository ID
  Throws:
    `java.rmi.RemoteException` - if connection to object is lost.

### setFQID

    void setFQID(java.lang.String FQID)
                 throws java.rmi.RemoteException

  Set the ID for this object

  Parameters:
    `FQID` - the ID of the object
  Throws:
    `java.rmi.RemoteException` - if connection to object is lost.

### setFQID

    void setFQID(java.lang.String FQID,
                 int state)
                 throws java.rmi.RemoteException

  Set the ID for this object

  Parameters:
    `FQID` - the ID of the object
    `state` - the state of this attribute.. always set from server.
  Throws:
    `java.rmi.RemoteException` - if connection to object is lost.

### getId

    java.lang.String getId()
                           throws java.rmi.RemoteException

  Gets the Id of the object.

  Returns:
    String Fully Qualified Identity of this object.
  Throws:
    `java.rmi.RemoteException` - if connection to object is lost.

### setId

    void setId(java.lang.String Id)
               throws java.rmi.RemoteException

  Set the ID for this object

  Parameters:
    `Id` - the ID of the object
  Throws:
    `java.rmi.RemoteException` - if connection to object is lost.

### setId

    void setId(java.lang.String Id,
               int state)
               throws java.rmi.RemoteException

  Set the ID for this object

  Parameters:
    `Id` - the ID of the object
    `state` - the state of this attribute.. always set from server.
  Throws:
    `java.rmi.RemoteException` - if connection to object is lost.

### setIdState

    void setIdState(int state)
                    throws java.rmi.RemoteException

  Set the ID state for this object

  Parameters:
    `state` - the state of this attribute.. always set from server.
  Throws:
    `java.rmi.RemoteException` - if connection to object is lost.

### getIdState

    int getIdState()
                   throws java.rmi.RemoteException

  gets the state of the ID of the object.

  Returns:
    int the State of this attribute - always from server.
  Throws:
    `java.rmi.RemoteException` - if connection to object is lost.

### getFQID

    java.lang.String getFQID()
                             throws java.rmi.RemoteException

  Return the unique ID for this object

  Returns:
    the object ID
  Throws:
    `java.rmi.RemoteException` - if connection to object is lost.

### setCMetadataType

    void setCMetadataType(java.lang.String type)
                          throws java.rmi.RemoteException

  Set the type of this object. The type is one of the object types supported by the model

  Parameters:
    `type` - a String that contains the type to set this object type to
  Throws:
    `java.rmi.RemoteException` - if connection to object is lost.

### getCMetadataType

    java.lang.String getCMetadataType()
                                      throws java.rmi.RemoteException

  Return the type of this object

  Returns:
    the type of the object
  Throws:
    `java.rmi.RemoteException` - if connection to object is lost.

### isNewObject

    boolean isNewObject()
                        throws java.rmi.RemoteException

  Tells whether or not this has a temporary ID.

  Returns:
    true if temp object, false otherwise.
  Throws:
    `java.rmi.RemoteException` - if connection to object is lost.

### getState

    int getState()
                 throws java.rmi.RemoteException

  Return the current state of this object. Valid object states are found in MetadataState

  Returns:
    integer indicating the state of this object
  Throws:
    `java.rmi.RemoteException` - if connection to object is lost.
  See Also:
    `MetadataState`

### setState

    void setState(int iValue)
                  throws java.rmi.RemoteException

  OR in the specified value with the objectState

  Parameters:
    `iValue` - the value to OR in with the current object state
  Throws:
    `java.rmi.RemoteException` - if connection to object is lost.

### resetState

    void resetState(int iValue)
                    throws java.rmi.RemoteException

  Turn off the specified state variable in the object state

  Parameters:
    `iValue` - the flag to turn off in the object state flags
  Throws:
    `java.rmi.RemoteException` - if connection to object is lost.

### resetObject

    void resetObject()
                     throws java.rmi.RemoteException

  Resets all the states of the attributes and associations to .server.

  Throws:
    `java.rmi.RemoteException` - if connection to object is lost.

### resetStates

    void resetStates()
                     throws java.rmi.RemoteException

  Resets all the attributes and association list states.

  Throws:
    `java.rmi.RemoteException` - if connection to object is lost.

### getObjectStore

    MdStore getObjectStore()
                           throws java.rmi.RemoteException

  Gets the object Store associated with this object.

  Returns:
    MdStore the store that owns this object
  Throws:
    `java.rmi.RemoteException` - if connection to object is lost.

### setObjectStore

    void setObjectStore(MdStore OwningStore)
                        throws java.rmi.RemoteException

  The store that holds this object.

  Parameters:
    `OwningStore` - MdStore the store to us to search for assoc objects.
  Throws:
    `java.rmi.RemoteException` - if connection to object is lost.

### addElementToChangeList

    void addElementToChangeList(CMetadata object)
                                throws java.rmi.RemoteException

  Adds the specified metadata object to this object's change list; only adds the object if it is not already in the list

  Parameters:
    `object` - The metadata object to add to the list
  Throws:
    `java.rmi.RemoteException` - if connection to object is lost.

### removeElementFromChangeList

    void removeElementFromChangeList(CMetadata object)
                                     throws java.rmi.RemoteException

  Remove the specified element from the change list

  Parameters:
    `object` - Metadata object to remove. If the object does not exist in the list, this method just returns
  Throws:
    `java.rmi.RemoteException` - if connection to object is lost.

### clearChangeList

    void clearChangeList()
                         throws java.rmi.RemoteException

  Remove all elements from the change list, and set it to empty

  Throws:
    `java.rmi.RemoteException` - if connection to object is lost.

### getChangeList

    java.util.Vector<CMetadata> getChangeList()
                                              throws java.rmi.RemoteException

  Return the current change list

  Returns:
    Vector representing the list of elements on this object's change list
  Throws:
    `java.rmi.RemoteException` - if connection to object is lost.

### getRequiredAssociations

    java.util.Vector<java.lang.String> getRequiredAssociations()
                                                               throws java.rmi.RemoteException

  Return those associates that are required by this object

  Returns:
    Vector of required associations
  Throws:
    `java.rmi.RemoteException` - if connection to object is lost.

### isAssociationRequired

    boolean isAssociationRequired(java.lang.String associationName)
                                  throws java.rmi.RemoteException

  Returns information about the specified association in this object

  Parameters:
    `associationName` - the name of the association (as specified in the model)
  Returns:
    true if the specified association is required by this object, false otherwise
  Throws:
    `java.rmi.RemoteException` - if connection to object is lost.

### initializePredObjects

    void initializePredObjects()
                               throws java.rmi.RemoteException

  Used to initialize the objects pred array

  Throws:
    `java.rmi.RemoteException` - if connection to object is lost.

### getPredAssociations

    java.util.Vector<java.lang.String> getPredAssociations()
                                                           throws java.rmi.RemoteException

  Returns list of the pred associations for this object

  Returns:
    Vector of pred associations for this object
  Throws:
    `java.rmi.RemoteException` - if connection to object is lost.

### isPredAssociation

    boolean isPredAssociation(java.lang.String associationName)
                              throws java.rmi.RemoteException

  Returns information about the specified association in this object

  Parameters:
    `associationName` - the name of the association (as specified in the model)
  Returns:
    true if the specified association is a pred association to this object, false otherwise
  Throws:
    `java.rmi.RemoteException` - if connection to object is lost.

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